My CDI98 set is complete but I still keep an eye out for the shaped inlay chips. Happened to come across a ridiculous highly priced "poker set" on eBay with $25 CDI98s mixed in with Starbursts. Normally, I would have just skipped right by the listing but it was so ridiculously highly priced and had such a weird combination I went back to it for memorialization on our Best/Worst Deals Thread. That's when I saw her. A completely unique, gear shaped inlay $25 chip I had never seen before. Was it an error chip, a mistake, a fake, a relabel, I don't know? Also saw this guy had some normal shaped inlays mixed in with the $25s. So, I reached out to see if he would be willing to carve out the $25s from the set he was selling, create another listing and sell them separately for a reasonable price. He agreed! Bam, I was super-excited and completed the transaction immediately on November 10th. That's when the trouble began.
First, no shipping notification was received for a few days. Not a huge concern since eBay gives a seller several days to ship. I let it ride and put my faith in humanity. Finally got a message that the purchase had shipped dated 11/14 but then no indication the package had actually been received by the post office. Then, on 11/16 got a message from him saying that as he was packaging up my order he noticed the chips had "different inner shapes" and asking if I still wanted them. He even sent a picture with the breakdown of what he was packaging, which include the singular gear inlay chip shown in the listing pictures. I assured him it was completely fine and to mail away. He said he was dropping the package off that day. He did not do that.
Several days went by with no indication of the package being dropped off. I sent a follow up message on 11/18 and he responded that he "had issues with the post office" and was going to send by Fed Ex instead. Quirky and questionable, but at least I was getting responses. Followed up and asked for the Fed Ex tracking on 11/20. No response from him that day but lo and behold, on 11/21 the original USPS tracking number indicates the package had been dropped off and was on the way. Sweet! I was leaving town for the holidays but it was being sent to the office so no worries. Package arrived on 11/23 and I picked it up when I got back to town.
Once I got home and opened it up, I quickly discovered that he did not send me the gear shaped chip pictured not only in the listing but also in the breakdown picture he messaged to me. Total number of chips were present, but he switched out the gear chip for a round inlay chip. I immediately contacted him to notify him that that chip was missing/had been substituted for a different chip and how we could rectify what I hoped was an oversight or mistake on his part. Needless to say, over several days and messages he has continually played dumb, said he sent the correct number of chips, and has yet to offer any explanation why he removed the gear shaped chip although I think we can all guess why that happened. This a-hole even had the temerity to accuse me of attempting to make a "play" on him even though all I was asking him for was the missing chip clearly pictured in both the listing and the subsequent DM breakdown picture. I am still considering what to do about this situation.
Anyhow, if Charlie in the Amherst/Nashua, NH area has not already sold it to someone else and tries to sell you this chip, just know he essentially stole it from me and would probably try to screw you over too. Also, curious to know if anyone of you CDI98 folks have ever seen one before. OK, vent time is over, here is the best picture I got from him of the missing chip.
First, no shipping notification was received for a few days. Not a huge concern since eBay gives a seller several days to ship. I let it ride and put my faith in humanity. Finally got a message that the purchase had shipped dated 11/14 but then no indication the package had actually been received by the post office. Then, on 11/16 got a message from him saying that as he was packaging up my order he noticed the chips had "different inner shapes" and asking if I still wanted them. He even sent a picture with the breakdown of what he was packaging, which include the singular gear inlay chip shown in the listing pictures. I assured him it was completely fine and to mail away. He said he was dropping the package off that day. He did not do that.
Several days went by with no indication of the package being dropped off. I sent a follow up message on 11/18 and he responded that he "had issues with the post office" and was going to send by Fed Ex instead. Quirky and questionable, but at least I was getting responses. Followed up and asked for the Fed Ex tracking on 11/20. No response from him that day but lo and behold, on 11/21 the original USPS tracking number indicates the package had been dropped off and was on the way. Sweet! I was leaving town for the holidays but it was being sent to the office so no worries. Package arrived on 11/23 and I picked it up when I got back to town.
Once I got home and opened it up, I quickly discovered that he did not send me the gear shaped chip pictured not only in the listing but also in the breakdown picture he messaged to me. Total number of chips were present, but he switched out the gear chip for a round inlay chip. I immediately contacted him to notify him that that chip was missing/had been substituted for a different chip and how we could rectify what I hoped was an oversight or mistake on his part. Needless to say, over several days and messages he has continually played dumb, said he sent the correct number of chips, and has yet to offer any explanation why he removed the gear shaped chip although I think we can all guess why that happened. This a-hole even had the temerity to accuse me of attempting to make a "play" on him even though all I was asking him for was the missing chip clearly pictured in both the listing and the subsequent DM breakdown picture. I am still considering what to do about this situation.
Anyhow, if Charlie in the Amherst/Nashua, NH area has not already sold it to someone else and tries to sell you this chip, just know he essentially stole it from me and would probably try to screw you over too. Also, curious to know if anyone of you CDI98 folks have ever seen one before. OK, vent time is over, here is the best picture I got from him of the missing chip.
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